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Sometimes telling the truth can be painful
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 24/05/2015
» One of the most vilified, hated journalists in Thailand today is a woman who works on the nightly news programme on Channel 3 called Sam Miti, or Three Dimensions.
Le Tour de Death
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/05/2015
» Bangkok is a great city for anybody with a death wish. If you want to overdose on heroin, come on over. Try crossing the street on a zebra crossing. Just choosing the wrong song in a karaoke bar can get you killed.
Bureaucracy: It’s not just black and white
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/05/2015
» Our event is over. It has been a resounding success. Months of planning all came to a head recently when we staged a five-day English seminar and camp for high-ranking servants of a government ministry.
The spirits of vengeance
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 29/03/2015
» It’s Ghost Night here in Nakhon Nayok, a night where everybody breaks into groups and acts out, on stage, stories of popular Thai ghosts.
A zebra can change its stripes
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 18/01/2015
» Every now and again a new campaign or crackdown hopes to right a social wrong in this country, not unlike the one I detailed in last week’s column. The latest idea is one that involves white lines — white squiggly lines.
Deck the malls with bounds of folly
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/11/2014
» I spotted it for the first time at exactly 9.47 pm last Monday, Nov 2, 2014, as I drove past the car park of Tesco Lotus on Rama IV Road.
Driven to drink
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 20/07/2014
» It’s always fun to catch up with Ronnachai, though this most recent time I saw him it nearly didn’t happen thanks to an unfortunate incident along the way.
Sinister Railways of Thailand
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 13/07/2014
» Two years ago I caught a train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.
Declaring dependence
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 06/07/2014
» In light of last Friday’s American Independence Day celebrations, I am closing my eyes right now and imagining a Thailand devoid of all things American.
Assessing the assets
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/02/2014
» Thailand has this law where you must declare your assets before you assume a political position, then declare them again when you leave that position.